The shooting of two Indians in a crowded suburban Kansas City bar has sent shock waves through their hometowns, and India's government is rushing diplomats to monitor progress in the investigation into the crime.

Deputy chairwoman of the HCMC People’s Committee Nguyen Thi Thu urged relevant agencies to complete a project upgrading suburban Nha Be into urban district in accordance with instruction by the city’s standing Party Committee on February 10th.

The Hanoi Centre for Wildlife Rescue has received an Asian black bear that was illegally kept for bile extraction for over a decade in the suburban district of Dong Anh, according to Education for Nature-Vietnam (ENV).

The mountains and hills in Hòa Nhơn Commune of Hòa Phong District, seen from National Highway 14B, seem to have barely survived a particularly devastating disaster – except that this disaster is wholly man-made.